tea noir’s 1st birthday/anniversary: MY MAKE-UP STASH
Posted by ilyana | Filed under Make-Up & Beauty
SUPER IMAGE HEAVY FANTASTICAL MAKE-UP ENTRY AHEAD.
So today I finally packed 90% of my make-up into little bubblewrapped, oddly-shaped bundles but before that, I thought it would be fun to photograph my whole stash to see just how much crap I’ve accumulated over the years and zomg wtf if you thought the shoes post was epic….
This picture in itself is a self-proclaimation that I am a true MAC whore. I have 17 MAC eyeshadows…how. on. earth. did I manage to collect 17 EYESHADOWS?!?! This is crazy lol! I had no idea I had THAT many.
1st row (starting with the dark purple shade) L to R: Nocturnelle, Flashtrack, Carbon
2nd row: Idol Eyes, Smoke & Diamonds, Tilt, Talent Pool
3rd row: Swimming, Mink & Sable, Fiction (omg my first eyeshadow ever! sadly discontinued), Club
4th row: Shroom (this is a really good highlighter!), Woodwinked, Amber Lights, Twinks
My mineral eyeshadows from MAC. L to R: Brightside/Gallery Gal, Ether (such a beautiful pool of blues and teal) and er forgot the name of this one.
My pathetic collection of palettes lol, I don’t know why but palettes don’t appeal to me much as opposed to single eyeshadow pots >_>
L to R: Mac Authentics Face Palette (I got this on sale for $25 and have never used it because I’ve dreamt about bringing this when I travel to some far flung place in Europe with a lover…but that ain’t happening anytime soon so..) and the Majolica Majorca Trick On Palette in GR750.
MAC pigments! As you can see I like my neutrals and greens a lot lol. L to R: Kitschmas, Blonde’s Gold (love love loveeee), Goldstroke, Copperized (gorgeous color, this one- a dirty olive green with a slight brown tone), Antique Green and Teal.
Misc pigments from assorted brands and samples I got from Catherine! Oh and a mini MAC Melon pigment too.
My eyeshadow bases. L to R: MAC paintpot in Delft, MAC paintpot in Rubenesque and Shu Uemura Cream eyeshadow in Suou. I’m no longer a paintpot fan, they’re great in the first month or so and then they just dry up on you -__-
Evidently, I’m really really into lipsticks lol. MAC lipsticks L to R: Myself, Sweetie, O, Lightly Ripe, Mellow Mood (fave to-go lipstick!), Cosmo (awesome dark pink shade <3)
NYX lipsticks, some of them were given to me by Mel. I’ve done a swatch post on some of the old ones I bought, you can read about them here.
1st row L to R: Topaz, Perfect, Doll, Indian Pink
2nd row L to R: Aphrodite, B52, Thalia
And er more lippies lol? My high-end lipsticks with an odd Rimmel one - L to R: Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited BG942, Rimmel London lipstick (can’t remember the name sorry), YSL Rouge Volupté in Pink Fetish, YSL Rouge Volupté in Tender Peach, Dior Addict High Shine in Beige-a-porter, Dior Addict High Color in Charmed Pink.
My OCC lip tars and my really small collection of lipglosses. I wish I could love lipgloss as much as the next girl but I really like my lips to be kinda creamy-matte as opposed to super shiny. Liptars are supremely awesome though, they’re very creamy - almost like a thickened liquid lipstick.
L to R: OCC liptar in Pageant, OCC liptar in Grandma, OCC liptar in Indashio, MAC lipglass in Liquer, MAC x Hello Kitty lipglass in She Loves Candy, MAC lipglass in Glamour For All, MAC Dazzleglass in Rags to Riches, MAC Dazzleglass in ….I cannot for the life of me remember.
Cheeks! I’m usually too lazy to contour my cheekbones but when I do I like using my MAC mineralize skinfinish in Shooting Star. It is a bronzey, gold veined dream and it deserves a lot more love from me but sry2say I’m just not bothered to contour lol. I mean I usually spend a lot of time on my eyes so by the time I’m done with the eye make-up, I’m running late lol so I can’t afford to slowly buff in a bronzer into the skin, apply blush, highlight etc.
1st row L to R: MAC MSF in Shooting Star, MAC highlight powder in Mellow Rave (I know it says highlight but it’s really more of a bronzer for me, really like this one too - beautiful mid-toned reddish brown), MAC blush in Trace Gold.
2nd row L to R: MAC Grand Duos blush in Moon River (still can’t get over how pretty this is), MAC mineralize blush in Merrily (hate this so much, I cannot remember why I bought it -_-)
Aah you guys can finally see my fave blush of all time - Nectar Peach by La Femme Cosmetics. This is a no frills matte peach shade and honestly it looks kinda meh in the pan but it is just exquisite on my skin.
L to R: La Femme blush in Nectar Peach, NARS Sin (I recommended this pinky-berry shade to Cat and she is loving it so far ;D), NARS Angelika
Everyday Mineral blushes from back when I was totally into mineral make-up.
First row L to R: Once & Again, Time Share
2nd row L to R: Snuggle (I find myself reaching for this one a lot), Theme Park (A damn good NARS Orgasm dupe)
Foundation and concealers. I generally use the same stuff because they work well for me so I don’t hoard foundation etc like some people do (wish I could say the same about eyeshadows and lipsticks rofl)
L to R: MAC Mineralize Satinfinish SPF 15 foundation, Dr Jart Black Detox Healing BB Cream (I like using this one when I’m in a hurry), MAC Studio Fix Powder + Foundation, Bobbi Brown Bobbi Brown Corrector in Peach, MAC Studio Finish SPF 35 concealer, MAC Prep + Prime Face Protect SPF 50 (this primer is awesome!)
Sorry I missed out on a couple of product names, I have no way of checking them since they’re all mostly wrapped up and ready to fly. You guys should have seen me pack my make-up lol, I was just shaking my head in disbelief as I took everything out from the multi-tiered plastic boxes I keep my make-up in. I never imagined it to be THIS epic but well, I know of people who have a ton more than I do! I got to admit though it’s a good sizeable collection that would last me centuries lol. I still have a couple more I didn’t show here, basically some stuff I recently got so I’ll be featuring that in another entry.
Yesterday was tea noir’s first birthday/anniversary! Omg it’s been a crazy year! I wanted to post this entry yesterday actually but er I kinda fell asleep halfway. I’ve just been really, really tired lately - packing is owning my soul this week and I cannot wait to be done with it =_=
A lil shout-out to Sue/jademasquerade: Thank you for the lunch treat yesterday! I wish we could have met sooner but I had so much fun nonetheless. I’m sorry I was a total klutz wtf, what a way to impress someone lol ._. Hope to see you in Melbourne soon! <333
Andddd a little site update: I finally installed the wordpress plugin that allows me to reply directly to comments as tested out in the comments at the bottom here. I always, always reply back to comments but this just makes it prettier to look at haha so check back to read my replies to your comments ;D
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57 Responses to “tea noir’s 1st birthday/anniversary: MY MAKE-UP STASH”
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Mab Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:50 amWOW :O
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Catherine Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:56 amYou take the most beautiful pictures ever!! Gorgeous stash! Do you think you’ll get a MAC 15-pan now?? I’m just the opposite of you, I’m obsessed with palettes lol. I love your blushes Ilyana! And your lippies, well actually everything LOL.
Happy 1st birthday to Tea-Noir!!
And nonono - install this one: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-thread-comment/ (and then put div .reply {display:none;} in your stylesheet.css so the second reply button disappears).
It does the whole threading thing beautifully but it also lets readers only email-subscribe to replies to their own comment (v. usually all comments to a post) so they don’t even need to check back! I got the link from Katy at twentyfour.net.
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:48 pmomg I thought this batch of photos were kinda terrible tho because the lighting in my room sucks :/ I wanted to take photos outdoors like I always do but with all the make-up I have, it wasn’t possible lol.
LOL woman, guess what - I am using the same plugin you linked me to hahahaha! I think I’ll go activate the email-subscribe thing now.
Catherine's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:54 pmI swear you are your harshest critic. =P
LOL DUDE. That’s the best part of the plugin!! What version of WP are you using anyway? Threaded comments are an automatic feature now in the version I have. =P (Though that’s prob why I had to hide the reply class.)
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:05 pmI can’t help it >_<
I’m using 2.7, I would like to upgrade but my bff actually does the cPanel stuff for me and I don’t want to bother him x_x
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makeup morsels Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:16 amhappy belated birthday to your blog!
yeesh, you’re so good at making stash photos look artsy. aah I love mac melon <3 How do the Jesse’s Girl pigments work?ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:54 pmThank you so much hun. Hahah no omg this is soo not artsy! I think the lighting in my photos here are a little off but then I’m just really anal lol but ty ty <33
MAC MELON IS GORGEOUSSSS!! I will def get another bottle if I ever run out of the small one. JG pigments are really nice and pigmented, my fave one is the light salmon pink shade - beautifullll
makeup morsels's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:39 amhaha what kind of camera do you have?
it’s the prettiest BAM gold ever. omg that’s great to know, I saw those at the drugstore and I was like now those are wayy to cheap to be good, but I’ll definitely go check those out next time then
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:18 pmI use a Nikon D90
Anyway, they’re not as great as MAC pigments but I would give them a 7-8 on scale of 10. They’re really nice and cheap so you should check them out!! Problem is they don’t come with a sifter so you got to be careful when opening these.
makeup morsels's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 2:48 pmI was considering that, but I ended up going with a Canon XSi, although I have yet to seriously get with it and start shooting (too pretty!) lol I’m still using my slightly crappy Sony Cybershot that they don’t even make anymore (5 megapixels), although I do like that’s it’s so slim I can bring it anywhere.
thankss man, I’ll definitely keep that in mind because I am a huge klutz and would be infinitely sad if they went flying everywhere before I even got to try them.
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AtelierGal Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:25 amNice stash! Pity, I have not seen any MAC pigment that I really want, though I would like to get the Shadowy Lady quad :/
“Swimming” is pretty, I have a thing for green & teal lately lol
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:55 pmomg rly? you don’t own any MAC pigments? Well that’s good actually because when you own one, you can’t just stop at one lol….which is why I er have a couple ^_^;
Anywho, Swimming is a shade I rarely use unfortunately - it’s a bit bright I prefer my greens to be darker and muted but I love teal!
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xuping Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:35 amWOW, u are truely indeed a MAC lover… MAC would be really happy to see that.. lol
So sorry that we cant meet up for one last time.. (super busy with CNY and some external family probs)
Hope u have a great stay in Melbourne , hope we get to stay contact via twitter. All the best to u n your studies!!!
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pmHahaha indeed I am!
No worries about it! It’s not like I’m never coming back you know?
We’ll def keep in touch via twitter, thank you so much! -
amynaree Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:41 amI love seeing people’s make up stash (i’m nosy!) hehe
great collection, I think I personally have more palettes than single e/s’s because it is so hard for me to just pick 1 color to buy :/
Happy Anni to Tea Noir!
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:11 pmI love make-up stash entries people write lol! It’s fascinating to see how much make-up they have, what sort of brands they prefer etc.
For me, it’s just so hard for me to buy a palette because most palettes I’ve seen always come with 1-2 colors I’d never use :/ Maybe I’m just not looking hard enough lol.
TYSM <33
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ovenhaven Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:50 amOh my, you sure have a whole lot of MAC going on here! And they look almost new; none hit the pan yet
I love your blush and lip collection. I’m not big on lipglosses either, but for eyeshadows, since I just started two months ago (orang kata, time tunang mesti pakai eyeshadow ~haha!), I’m definitely a palette lady, since it’s easier Thanks for sharing this, and happy blog birthday!
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:39 pmThey only look good from the top haha! Thank you, I’m such a lipstick girl
It’s never too late to start getting into eyeshadows, if you want any recs for any eyeshadow color, just ask - I’d love to help. When is your nikah date? congrats btw!Thank you! I’ll be linking ovenhaven as soon as I finish packing xx
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Candy Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:06 pmsnuggle just glows isn’t it!
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:40 pmI love snuggle! Btw I remember you hated Theme Park right?
Candy's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 9:12 amyes theme park doesn’t suits me. I gave to Naidatul. I just adore snuggle. Bon voyage though!
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kaysee Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:30 pmOkay I am really very amazed. Haha My jaws literally dropped when I saw MORE lipsticks. Omg! Happy birthday to tea-noir!
ilyana's reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:42 pmHAHAHHAA and the best thing is I don’t even use it everyday but when I do, I like having a range of colors to choose from based on what sort of look I might be going for…..maybe too many choices tho LOL
I love love lipstick, you can have very bare eye make-up but if your lips are hot, you’d look hot >D
Thank you for reading tea noir! <33
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rinaz Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:56 pmOh my dear lord …. *jaws drop*
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Renee | Beauty Fool Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:17 pmHAPPY BIRTHDAY TEA NOIR!
I can see someone’s a MAC fan, eh? I love your MAC eyeshadows - mine is pathetic, I only have one MAC shadow LOL. Need to get more though, I really like them!How have you been, Ilyana? Are you in Aus yet? Hope you’re been well!
xx Renee
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:45 amThank you Renee! omg you should get more, I think MAC eyeshadows are the best in terms of pricing and pigmentation. Which MAC eyeshadow did you get?
I’ve been good! I’m flying off this Saturday so I’ve been busy packing :/
Renee | Beauty Fool's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 12:27 pmAw you must be so excited! All the best in Aus
I have Brownscript, from their Matte collection, I believe. It’s a nice matte brown. I got my eye on Cranberry, and am also looking for a nice neutral color!
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:15 pmGod I’m more worried than anything else to be honest lol!
Cranberry is lovely! If you’re looking for a neutral color, I would totally recommend Woodwinked, it’s such a gorgeous subdued goldish brown
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evie Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:35 pmyour collection is AMAZING!! no wonder you got diff packing them haha…and your lippies collection!!!! *speechless* haha! but i love them!!!
happy belated birthday for your blog! XD
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:49 amEvie, I think I have waaay too much lol! I don’t even know how I managed to pack them but I did (took me about 2 hours to bubblewrap everything)
Thank you sweets!
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evie Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:36 pmoh and yup!! i bought the merry midnight off another web too!! i did my toes with it!! and it was amazing!!..did not take a pic of it as my new shoes cause my feet to have blisters - ugly pic and i forgot to take them when i went out…
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:51 amYAY! I’m so thrilled that you got Merry Midnight, it is the most gorgeous dark purple polish OPI has ever made, so sad it’s a Xmas LE. Aah don’t worry about it! I can’t wait to see what other polishes you got from OPI tho
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Sue Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:00 pmHappy Birthday to Tea Noir! Let’s pour some champagne.
btw, not only you have lots of heels.. but your make up is quite huge too! ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:52 amYEAH LET’S POP A BOTTLE! Thank you so much for reading the blog and lol the size of my make-up collection is just unbelievable..even to me.
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Blair Says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:41 pmYou lipstick lover!!!!!!!
Can you please swatch Angelika and Sin? I’d love to see these side by side
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:53 amGUILTY AS CHARGED BLAIR! XD
Aah I’m so sorry I can’t swatch both of them now, they’ve all been wrapped up and sealed in a box sigh - I’ll swatch it as soon as I get internet access in Australia yeah?
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ultraviolette Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 12:26 pmWow man. I loved reading this post. especially the first part about all your MAC shadows! The Idol Eyes really really intrigues me.
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:13 pmHaha aren’t make-up stash entries just fascinating? ;P
Anyway Idol Eyes is a gorgeous color unfortunately I always have to make extra effort to make it work for me, you can read about the look I did with Idol Eyes here: http://tea-noir.net/2010/01/smoke-out/ -
Sue / @jademasquerade Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 1:25 pmSorry this came late, but happy birthday tea-noir! Girl, I love your make-up stash, there’s no such thing as too much make-up by the way. I hope my Aussie plans work out, and I’ll def pop over to Melbourne to see you! Meanwhile, search for the bestest japanese restaurant there will ya! <333
ilyana's reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:16 pmNo worries sweetie! Lol thank you but unfortunately I think there is such a thing as too much make-up because omg you have no idea how many hours I spent organizing and bubblewrapping everything to oblivion ~_~ BUT I HAVE NO REGRETS!
Hope to see you soon and yes I will make it my life’s mission to find an awesome Japanese restaurant in Melb <33
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miss wiggle Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:58 pmCongrats on year 1!!!! I can safely say that my makeup “stash” is only 1/5 of yours! I have a LOOONNNGGGG lemmings list though. xD
ilyana's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 7:59 amthank you miss wiggle! I miss reading your blog entries! As for your make-up stash, they’re mostly made of palettes right if I’m not wrong? Sigh I should have invested on palettes instead of single eyeshadows lol then maybe my collection would have been a lot smaller!
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yumeh Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pmD: D: D:
weeeeee!
eh intro me places to buy makeup here when my pathetic collection (mostly of the face shop stuff -_-) compared to yours run out.ilyana's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 8:20 amhey yumehh!! How are things in Melbourne? Hope you’re having fun with your mom! Lol sure we’ll go make-up shopping, I will see u soon!
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Nicole Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 8:53 pmThe nyx lipsticks look really slick like they’ll glideeeeee on so pretty!
ilyana's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 9:50 amThey’re pretty smooth, kinda buttery in fact. The only problem I have with them is that they don’t last very long esp when you eat or drink but considering they’re cheap, I don’t really mind it lol.
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f a i z Says:
February 10th, 2010 at 10:59 pmhappy blog birthday! (:
anyways, still up to buy a diana mini?
ilyana's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 9:51 amthank you sweets!
aww I’m sorry hun, I don’t think I can because I’ll be flying off in 2 days :/ I wish I could get it with you sigh.
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pruh Says:
February 11th, 2010 at 4:04 amHappy blogday!
Wow, you have so much mac stuff. I love it!
ilyana's reply:
February 11th, 2010 at 9:51 amthank you so much!
I have TOO much hahahaha but I’m glad you like all of it
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kristie Says:
February 11th, 2010 at 4:36 pm*aww happy 1st birthday/anniversary
and i’m just in awe of this collection you have! amazing~ilyana's reply:
February 12th, 2010 at 4:44 pmthank you kristie <3 Lol believe me the whole “omg I have such an awesome collection” novelty wears off pretty fast when you start packing them for a flight.
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Jess Says:
March 19th, 2010 at 11:41 amHi!
Just came across your blog through Catherine’s blog (strawberrymochi.com)!
Your photos are simply gorgeus, and so are your makeup collection - especially love your lipsticks and blushes!
Cheers,
Jess <3
February 9th, 2010 at 10:54 am
LOL hi mab! YES. THIS IS IT.
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